as in hitch
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized
parents of teenagers never know when they might set off an emotional land mine
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Recent Examples of land mine
Experts estimate that tens of thousands of land mines remain buried across Syria, particularly in former front-line regions like rural Idlib.
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Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2025
Libya is under a level 4 advisory because of crime, terrorism, unexploded land mines, civil unrest, kidnapping and armed conflict.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Listen to this Article The Trump administration, which has been moving like a juggernaut across the political landscape, has hit a land mine.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Feb. 2025
Many land mines are visible to the naked eye, but others are more sophisticated and harder to detect.
—Ghaith Alsayed and Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2025
Libya is under a level 4 advisory because of crime, terrorism, unexploded land mines, civil unrest, kidnapping and armed conflict.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Listen to this Article The Trump administration, which has been moving like a juggernaut across the political landscape, has hit a land mine.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 15 Feb. 2025
Many land mines are visible to the naked eye, but others are more sophisticated and harder to detect.
—Ghaith Alsayed and Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for land mine
Noun
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Safety-wise, last year’s Fanatics Fest went off mostly without a hitch.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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The party ended up going off without a hitch, as the pictures Morello shared with Newsweek show.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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Because all of the major waves of selling in the wake of some incident of uncertainty were caused by momentary risk that did not ultimately threaten stocks, or the banking system — or, ultimately, the economy.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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However, the overall absolute risk is still small, according to the researchers.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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But despite his popularity in the heavily Democratic state, Newsom’s governorship has continued to hit snags.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
12 June 2025
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But both hit snags in May as fiscal reality set in.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 June 2025
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Last month gangs burned or confiscated at least a half-dozen armored carriers belonging to the police and the mission after setting booby traps and catching cops off guard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Police said the suspect, identified as Arthur Tabuchi, was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation and faces charges of assembling, placing and maintaining a booby trap.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Land mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/land%20mine. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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